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Patented May 11, 1886.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HERBERT L. STILLMAN, OF ALLENTON, RHODE ISLAND.

RAILWAY.

$PECIZEICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,699, dated May 11,1886.

Application filed September 17. 1885.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HERBERT L. STILLMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Allenton, in the countyof Vashington and State of RhodeIsland, have invented certain new I and useful Improvements in Railways;and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to make and use the same.

The invention relates to improvements in railways, and is moreparticularly adapted for use in short ways on which light engines areused,- and it consists in the construction, novel arrangement, andadaptation of devices, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth andclaimed.

In the annexed drawing the figure is a representation of a railwayconstructed according to my invention.

Referring by letter to the said drawing, A indicates the stringers,which are arranged parallel, and are provided on their upper sides atsuitable intervals with transverse reeesses a, to receive the oppositeends of the ties B, which latter are placed in the said recesses so asto lie flush with the upper sides of the stringers and receive the rails0.

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ers at suitable points along their length to support the same, and theseposts have a bearing in broad feet composed of blocks E, the said postsbeing firmly spiked or otherwise secured to the blocks. These posts aredesigned to be placed a suflicient distance in the l ground, resting onthe said blocks, except at cuts, draws, hollows, &c., where they may bepartly exposed. By this construction it will be seen that a broad andfirm bearing is given to the track,aud tilting and lateral motion andupheaving of the track is prevented.

Having described this invention, what I claim is- Theimproved railwayherein described, consisting of the parallel stringers having theirupper sides recessed at a, the cross-ties arranged in the said recesses,the posts engaging the under sides of the said stringers, the blocksarranged beneath the posts in the ground, and the track-rails secured tothe stringers and cross-ties, substantially as specified.

HERBERT L. STILLMAN. Witnesses:

A. E. GAFF, CHARLES PERRIN.

